Progressing Spirit

Engaging the Established Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on August, 27 2015

“Resurrection-Denying Preacher to Return to Scotland.” That was the headline of a story published in the Glasgow Herald about a week before I was scheduled to lecture in the …

In First Corinthians 15:3 Paul says, “He died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.” While I believe the doctrine of substitutionary atonement has warped Christian teaching at least …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

China Revisited, Part I

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on September, 9 2010

I first went to China in 1984. In that year we could only visit Hong Kong and the New Territories. The Cultural Revolution, led by the “gang of four” and …

I’d like to take the opportunity to let you know that both my husband and I, Catholics, have been enjoying your newsletters and your books. We have evolved away …

Answered by Bishop John Shelby Spong

Engaging the Established Presbyterian Church of Scotland

In First Corinthians 15:3 Paul says, “He died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.” While I believe the doctrine of substitutionary atonement has warped Christian teaching at least …

China Revisited, Part I

I’d like to take the opportunity to let you know that both my husband and I, Catholics, have been enjoying your newsletters and your books. We have evolved away …

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